"A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole always makes me laugh, no matter how many times I've already read it.

I've got a pretty warped sense of humor and have tried countless times to read Douglas Adams but just can't get into him. I can't tell you how many attempts I've made to read "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and haven't been able to finish it once. I'm not trying to dis it; I just don't get its appeal.

Pratchett is DA MAN!! (Footnote: Or other sentient being of your choice.) For a totally different type of humor -Jersey Girl Raucous, basically - take a look at Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum mysteries. They're funny enough in places to make your cheeks sore.

Another Roadside AttractionStill Life With WoodpeckerJitterbug PerfumeSkinny Legs and AllHalf Asleep in Frog Pajamas

The above are all by Tom Robbins

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsJurgen by James Branch CabellThe Stupidest Ange: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terrorl and Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal, both by Christopher Moore

I always return to one of these books when I need a laugh -- Erma Bombeck's "When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time To Go Home" and Dave Barry's "Bad Habits" book. These books were my first introductions to these authors, and each book is ragged with wear from picking them up over and over again.

Adventures of Brave Soldier Shveik by Czech writer Jaroslav Hasek. I read it in Russian translation. Amazingly hilarious and quotable. I don't know if English version is available though. I gotta czech:)

The funniest book I've ever read was "Sellevision" by Augusten Burroughs (who wrote "Running with Scissors"). It is a novel set behind the scenes at a Home Shopping TV station. Screamingly funny. This is one of the two or three books that have actually given to half-a-dozen friends (even my book group read it) and havn't heard anything back but praise. This is the only novel by Burroughs so far and it is rumored that a film is in the works (which I would be first in line to see)......"Myra Breckinridge" by Gore Vidal has lost some of its shock value, but none of its blistering wit....Two non-fiction books by Dan Savage: "The Kid" and "The Commitment" are hysterically funny, poignant and politically au courant......finally, I think that Chuck Palahniuk is one of the very funniest writers currently working. True, his sense of humor (as well as my own) is rather too dark for the timid reader, but "Fight Club," "Choke," "Survivor" and "Lullaby" are satrical masterworks with punchlines and paragraphs I'd read aloud to freinds.

In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a popular cleric said he wanted to speak about the "emotional abuse" that Muslim men face because it is seldom discussed.Malaysia's Muslim men are suffering sleepless nights and cannot pray properly because their thoughts are distracted by a growing number of women who wear sexy clothes in public. He went on to say; women should stop wearing lipstick and perfume to lower the risk of being raped. We always hear about the abuse of children and wives in households, which is easily perceived by the eye, but the emotional abuse of men cannot be seen. Our prayers become unfocused and our sleep is often disturbed.

Woody Allen: Without Feathers, Side Effects, Getting EvenDavid Sedaris: Me Talk Pretty One Day; Dress Your Family in Corduroy and DenimEven Cowgirls Get the BluesMoe Howard Died For Our SinsIn God We Trust - All Others Pay CashThe World According to GarpThanks For SmokingLambMirth of a NationThe Complete Saki

Agree, most of Bill Bryson's stuff is really good, really funny. I loved his story of being a tourist in Austrailia--" In a Sunburned Country", as well as "A Walk in the Woods". I thought Sedaris' life story "Me Talk Pretty One Day" is just hilarious, also early Dave Barry---"Babies and other hazards of Sex" --that may not be it, can't remember the exact title, but its about going through pregnancy with his wife, and the babyhood of his son...with little line drawn pictures...so funny. I used to give a copy to anyone I knew who was pregnant, because its' also true to life!